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Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: They did so for people who have money.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: No. He can be charged with assault.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: That is a pathetic comment. The Government is punishing women.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Transport Services Provision (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has made representations to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an increased subsidy to Bus Éireann and to the Minister for Social Protection for an increased contribution to cover the cost of free travel in order to safeguard rural public transport connectivity; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to reduce the interest rates being charged by the so-called subprime mortgage lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11218/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure Traveller history and culture features in the national curriculum in view of the recognition of the Traveller community as an ethnic group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12160/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will support a settlement with nurses and other health care workers who are due to take industrial action on 7 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10625/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome those in the Visitors Gallery who are intently involved and affected by this Bill, which I support fully and commend. I wish to make some general points about the history that has led us to this point. The reason we are here is that the Irish State since its foundation outsourced to the Catholic Church the care and education of all people and directly turned its back on the...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016 is to be welcomed because it marks a shift in culture in our legal system. Ireland has a very adversarial system where the focus is on the prosecution and defence of the accused. Victims have often been considered as merely witnesses to a crime and not victims who are also witnesses. The experience they face by reporting crimes and being...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's progress in bringing to an end the two tier pay system that exists across the public service to the detriment of more recent entrants to the public service. [10626/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (2 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the consultation with Educate Together and with persons regarding the plans to change the patronage of schools in line with the programme for Government commitments. [10807/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (2 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if religious instruction and faith formation lessons in newly divested schools will be taking place outside of core school hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will oppose an end to the free fees scheme and abolish the student registration charges in view of the recent figures on the number of students in receipt of grants in third level institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10972/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 186. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make medical cards available to persons in receipt of domiciliary care allowance without the requirement of a means test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10854/17]

Traveller Ethnicity: Statements (1 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The events earlier were unfortunate. I wish to speak about a woman who was excluded due to the oversubscription this evening. This is Catherine Joyce who has fought for approximately 30 years alongside many people who are here this evening for Travellers' right in the Irish Traveller Movement and the Blanchardstown Traveller Development Group. She stated Traveller ethnicity is the first...

Traveller Ethnicity: Statements (1 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: On a point of order-----

Traveller Ethnicity: Statements (1 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This is an historic occasion. I have never heard of a time when so many people have shown up for a debate. I have tried to speak with the Tánaiste. We cannot cite any precedent. Travellers have come to Leinster House from far and wide, but I submitted a list of names approximately 36 hours ago of people in the Irish Traveller Movement and other associations, for example, the...

Electoral (Extension of Voting Rights to Non-Irish Citizens) Bill 2017: First Stage (1 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to extend voting rights in elections to Dáil Éireann and to the European Parliament to all adults ordinarily resident in the State. This Bill will extend voting rights in Dáil and European elections to all people over the age of 18 who are ordinarily resident in the State, which is the same qualification that...

Electoral (Extension of Voting Rights to Non-Irish Citizens) Bill 2017: First Stage (1 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Business of Dáil (1 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the proposal, but I suggest that rather than having Travellers' groups ringing our offices yesterday to ask us whether statements would take place and not knowing whether that would be the case, it would be better to announce these things in advance and make provision for the groups for which it means so much to come into the Dáil and be present in the Gallery rather than...